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Tomorrow's Alphabet

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My 4 year old daughter loved this book when I got it from the library. I first thought that it might be a bit confusing for her but she understood it perfectly and has memorized the entire thing. This book is definately a keeper.

An alphabet book that every age can enjoy, with a new twist on an old theme. Each letter represents something that will come in the future with that letter as its first in spelling. For example, "e" is for wood, tomorrow's embers." What a creative way to introduce vocabulary and thinking skills! Try to create your own Tomorrow's Alphabet and add to the book.

This book is fantastic! It provides a great opportunity for children to think. Most of the children in my first grade class caught on to the magic of this book, and those who weren't quite ready for it loved the illustrations.

As a person in the education field, I love this book. Thre are so man projects and writing assignments that you can do connected with the book. The pictures are great. The book is a wonderful twist on an ABC book.

This book is great to use for predicting outcomes. I just fold that second page back, read and show the first page, and then have the students guess what the second page might be. My students are 6th grade and they really enjoyed it. Some predictions were very easy, however, some really made you think.

I loved the way the author approached the alphabet by first telling what the article was in its beginning, i.e. A is for seed, tomorrow's Apple.

Our 16-month-old son really enjoys this book. I'm surprised because the pictures are not very vibrant, but he does like them. My husband does not like the way the author wrote the book, "A is for seed, tomorrow's apple", so he changes the words to "A is for apple. Seed is tomorrow's apple." Haha! Overall it is an interesting book that actually holds our active son's attention.

This book is probably a little advanced for kids who are still trying to figure out A = apple, b = ball, c = cat. (Or maybe not. Sometimes children surprise you!) Instead of a being for apple, it's for seed - TOMORROW'S apple. H is for yarn - TOMORROW'S hat. So kids have to think a little bit about each example.

Still, even with the slightly novel approach, the book is pretty straightforward. Example and tomorrow example are given on opposite pages of the same spread (so you can see the answer before you guess it, if you like), and the language follows a careful pattern: $LETTER is for $NOUN, tomorrow's $OTHER NOUN.

The artwork is well-done and - in a little touch I'm *very happy with* - it's inclusive. There are six people shown in this book (well, two people, one person on a raisin box, two sets of hands, and a foot) and these people (and hands and foot) come in a variety of skin tones. Just like the children reading this book do. If you don't spend your time trying to find books with people that look like your own loved ones, or like your own students, you probably don't know what a big deal this is. But it IS. Children deserve to see themselves reflected in their books. Not all the time, but at least SOMEtimes.

I like using this book with school-age beginner ELLs. The text is sparse and doesn't overwhelm them. In a few short lessons they have mastered it and can engage in to interactions and guessing games. Meanwhile they learn the names of the alphabet letters.

I teach first grade and used this book with many other ABC books to review the alphabet in August. After reading it with the class, I put it in the classroom library. I was so surprised when it became one of the most popular books. In fact, I've had to tape the pages back in the book on three different occasions because the kids will fold the book in half to hide the second page with the real object that matches the letter. Then their friends will "guess" the object. Of course, they've read it so many times that there is really no secret.